Emancipationists and Their Emancipator

The article discusses Maciej Duda’s book Emancypanci i emancypatorzy. Mężczyźni wspierający emancypację Polek w drugiej połowie XIX i na początku XX wieku (The men that supported the emancipation of Polish women in the second half of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th centuries). In the introduction I point the issues that can be problematic for a researcher examining history of men who supported pro-feminist movements (difficulties with naming, resistance of feminists, number of publicists). Next I discuss the composition and methodology used by the author and main areas of the research. I also draw some critical comments. At the end I ascertain that the book is really valuable because it completes the gap in Polish research of the history of feminism.

The article discusses Maciej Duda’s book Emancypanci i emancypatorzy. Mężczyźni wspierający emancypację Polek w drugiej połowie XIX i na początku XX wieku (The men that supported the emancipation of Polish women in the second half of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th centuries). In the introduction I point the issues that can be problematic for a researcher examining history of men who supported pro-feminist movements (difficulties with naming, resistance of feminists, number of publicists). Next I discuss the composition and methodology used by the author and main areas of the research. I also draw some critical comments. At the end I ascertain that the book is really valuable because it completes the gap in Polish research of the history of feminism.